Auditing the project

This review aims to address current contemporary issues in Physical Education. The research discussed has been used to inform the proposal of a year one primary school  multi-skills festival for schools that are located in the surrounding areas of Lincoln, within the county of Lincolnshire, England. In order to implement a better understanding of what multi-skills has to offer, it is important to further develop a more knowledgeable   understanding of existing approaches to teaching. This audit therefore seeks to analyse the contemporary primary school curriculum to then organise and deliver a multi-skills festival of three events that successfully meets the demands of pupil development, by using multi-skills to create a fun, active, learning environment.

This particular project is running in its seventh successive year. The events will be held at different locations surrounding the Lincoln City area, as to provide easier means of access to venues that are closer to schools choosing to participate, which is often presents itself as a common issue in events organisation for physical education purposes. Each of these will run from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm, which will be suitable for providing a morning session to schools, who will then be able to travel back to their schools for lunch time and afternoon lessons in due course.

Physical Education is often placed below other core subjects, with Ofsted (2004) revealing that 38% (over a third of primary pupils) experienced less than two hours of PE per week. This provides an addition to the rationale for such a project, alongside the notion that some primary school teachers feel “ill-equipped’’ to deliver high quality PE (Harris, Cale and Musson, 2011). Physical Education is often an underestimated subject, especially when analysing the large range of integral transferable skills such a subject provides to young people.

Our Philosophy

“It’s a learning process…”

It is our sole belief that multi-skills activities should be as enjoyable and rewarding for everyone involved, from the participants to the coaches/teachers. It is also part of our belief that multi-skills activities can offer much more when implemented at a young age, especially when it comes to cross curricular links with numeracy and literacy in particular. For this to become a reality within the event, it is important not to lose focus of our main belief that the activities need to be fun and enjoyable for everyone involved. It is therefore that the multi-skills: It’s a learning process event for Year 1 has been planned for February 2016.